Bovianum

Bovianum was an ancient Samnite city, currently known as Bojano and located in the Molise region of southern Italy. The city was settled in the 7th century BC by the Samnites, and it played a major role in the Samnite Wars and Social War until Sulla sacked the city in 89 BC. Emperor Vespasian of the Roman Empire settled Legio XI Claudia veterans in Bovianum, but it was deserted after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The present-day town of Bojano would be founded by a group of Bulgars in 662, and the town had a population of 8,243 people on 31 December 2008.